#BCB856#BCB856

#BCB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.121 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB856
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -11.66, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 50.85, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0349 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.121 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5604, 45.6454, 15.5288)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB856 #565ABC

analogous

#BC8556 #BCB856 #8DBC56

triadic

#BCB856 #56BCB8 #B856BC

tetradic

#BCB856 #56BC85 #565ABC #BC568D

square

#BCB856 #56BC85 #565ABC #BC568D

split-complementary

#BCB856 #568DBC #8556BC

monochromatic

#6D6A2B #98953C #BCB856 #CDCA82 #DFDDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BCB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB856

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB856	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.121 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd89',
    500: '#bcb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb856;
$custom-light: #d2cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76592,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB856

secondary

#A1A3CD

accent

#5AD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB856

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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